New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1987 - SECT 124

124 Regulations

(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act and, in particular, for or with respect to:

(a) the control and regulation of child care services and authorised supervisors of licensed child care services,

(b) the control and regulation of residential child care centres and licensed managers of licensed residential child care centres,

(c) the control and regulation of private fostering agencies and principal officers of authorised private fostering agencies,

(d) the control and regulation of holders of fostering authorities,

(d1) the fostering of children,

(e) the control and regulation of the employment of children,

(f) the making of care applications under Part 5,

(g) the undertakings that may be given by or with respect to a child for the purposes of Part 5,

(h) the control and regulation of wards and protected persons, and

(i) the keeping and inspection of records and registers for the purposes of this Act.

(2) A provision of a regulation may:

(a) apply generally or be limited in its application by reference to specified exceptions or factors,

(b) apply differently according to different factors of a specified kind, or

(c) authorise any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by any specified person or body,

or may do any combination of those things.

(3) A regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units.